Student Resources

Student-Led Group

Phi Alpha Theta: The national honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The society has over 400,000 members. Our department has an active local chapter and all students interested in history are welcome to participate.

Organizations of Interest at Drake

Drake University Social Science Journal: A student-edited, web-published journal that features student essays and research papers in the social sciences. A number of History students have had papers published in this journal.

Organizations of Interest Beyond Drake

Missouri Valley History Conference: An annual conference at the University of Nebraska at Omaha which accepts student presentations on Phi Alpha Theta sponsored panels. Submission deadline is usually in November. Drake students presented here in 2018 and 2019.

National Organizations of Interest

Organization of American Historians (OAH): The mission of the OAH is to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history and to encourage wide discussion of historical questions and the equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.

Chronicle of Higher Education: The No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 writers, editors, and international correspondents.